The Moral Dilemmas Debate, Deontic Logic, and the Impotence of Argument
Argumentation 16 (4):459-472 (2002)
| Abstract | In this paper I argue for modesty concerning what theoretical reason can accomplish in the moral dilemmas debate. Specifically, I contend that philosophers' conclusions for or against moral dilemmas are driven less by rational argument and more by how the moral world intuitively appears to them | |||||||||
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